Chance Boucher
Event Program
Graphic & Printing
January 1, 2014
Have you ever been to a live performance? A live performance can be a play, an opera show, ballet, and even a sporting event like football and hockey. Many live events will have programs or booklets. As you enter the event, you could be handed or are able to purchase an event program. These programs have goals, the goals are to inform the patron and to raise money. The program would inform the patron on what they should be expecting to see. Also it will have information on the event and people involved in the event. Selling the program can raise money for a team or group. There is a lot that comes when creating a program for an event. First it helps to know what a program is and what belongs in one. Then you need money in order to have each booklet printed. Next, they need to be distributed to the people attending the event, otherwise people will not receive a program. Background information, eye appeal, funding, and distribution are factors that come into play when creating an event program.
“ Hell is empty and all the devils are here” http://www.pbs.org/wnet/shakespeare-uncovered/blog/shakespeare-uncovered-playbills/ is the program or playbill for the William Shakesperes The Tempest. The importance and purpose of a program is many fold, inform the patrons, raise money through advertising, give the performers an identity while providing a tangible item. “A programme or program[1] is a booklet available for patrons attending a live event such as theatre performances, fêtes, sports events, etc. It is a printed leaflet outlining the parts of the event scheduled to take place, principal performers and background information. In the case of theatrical performance...
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...ibuted is at the doors of the event. As people walk in and buy their ticket the program will be in their sights to purchase. When selling you definitely want to sell as many as possible. Also you want to make sure you do not make more programs than you actually sell. Otherwise you would have too many left over and this can cost you money. It is very important to distribute your booklet accurately, to not cost you.
Background information, eye appeal, funding, and distribution are factors that come into play when creating an event program. There needs to be background information to allow the audience to get some general knowledge of the event. Without the correct funding you will not be able to print your booklet. Also there will not be any money to raise by selling each booklet. You need the distribution to get the booklets to the event, and out to each patron.
It is imperative to understand the significance of the profound effects these elements have on the audience’s response to the play. Without effective and accurate embodiments of the central themes, seeing a play becomes an aimless experience and the meaning of the message is lost. Forgiveness and redemption stand as the central themes of the message in The Spitfire Grill. Actors communicate character development through both nonverbal and verbal cues; their costumes serve as a visual representation of this development by reflecting the personal transformation of each character. In the case of The Spitfire Grill, set design is cut back to allow for the audience’s primary focus to be on the actors and their story. Different from set design, the use of sound and lights in The Spitfire Grill, establishes the mood for the play. In other words, every theatrical element in a play has a purpose; when befittingly manipulated, these elements become the director’s strongest means of expressing central themes, and therefore a means of achieving set objectives. Here again, The Spitfire Grill is no exception. With the support of these theatrical elements, the play’s themes of forgiveness and redemption shine as bright as the moon on
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From the moment an audience member enters the theatre, he is welcomed with refreshments and waits in the basement until an usher calls the audience to come upstairs to the main performance area. Since the tickets purchased for the show say “General Admission,” there are no assigned seats and the audience is left standing in a large dark square room, with four black walls and a white ceiling. The once empty room becomes filled with people waiting for the show to begin. Ushers remain in the room to guide the audience to move from one area to the next because the performers may need room to perform later in the show.
To realize the vision of the play, the script, set-up, costumes, stagecraft, sound design, and acting have to communicate a unified message with which the audience will relate. The script will be tailored to ensure that the audience can understand the play as it proceeds. This is in terms of the language and terms used. Though the language will not be modern, it will be English that can be understood by the audience. This will be English of antique England as it will give the play a feeling of ancient times. The scriptwriter will carry out research on the level of understanding the local people will have of ancient English so as to ascertain that the script matches this level. Although many plays of that era were sung and accompanied by dance, this play will be acted out with spoken word rather than songs. This is because speaking will ensure the audience hears the conversations as they go on and that they understand. This is ...
Theatre has always been riddled with superstitions and curses throughout history. Be it the last lantern lit to ward off ghosts, to saying “break a leg”, to prohibiting whistling in the theatre. ( ) However one of the most popular superstitions is about Shakespeare’s Macbeth. This superstition states, that if the name “Macbeth” is spoken outside the lines of the play, disaster will strike the theatre. Performers, stagehands, producers and essentially all who interact with the play can bypass this “Scottish Curse” by referring to the play as “the Scottish play.” Macbeth is full of violence, disorder and blood, it's got ghoulish ghosts, manipulation, deceit, assassination, and witchcraft and provides bountiful ground for dark musings. This “Curse” has run rampant throughout the ages. The cause of this is most likely its mild hazing aspect. Veteran actors spin a tale of woe and tragedy that they witnessed due to someone invoking the curse, lending credibility to the “Curse” Then when accidents occur around Macbeth, those that believe in the superstition mention and mutter about the “Curse”. Thus the “Curse of Macbeth” has grown into one of the most infamous theatre superstitions because of the many legends behind its origin, the numerous rituals to “cleanse” the evil the “Curse” invokes, and the multiple tragic accidents and events the “Curse” supposedly caused.
Discerning the context to the program that you want to explore, and allow people who will be involved with the program, to think about my own organization, and its needs and expectations for the program. It is very important to catch the attention of the organizations that you want to operate for a long time. Keeping people focus on what they are involved in is a major concern. Program planner have to work hard to carry out the context of the program to be able to keep the interest of people. Making that the facets of the program meaningful, learning, and being consistence. New directors may have to make changes after they have taken on a new position. Every culture has a unique way of learning preferences that relates to their organization.
First, the objective and getting started is the first step in planning event. In this step refer to “what do you want?”, you have to think about what activities will you do in your event, what is the objective of holding the event and what kind of event it should be according to the objective of event. In this step the event planner have to get the ideas and proposals of the event. Event planners can get the idea from their colleague by brain storming and voting. After we get the ideas, we have to screen all the idea to narrow them down what so we really need for the event, by three categories, which are marketing, operation and financial. We have to screen them because it will help us to see the whole picture of the event, we can see the objective of the event clearer. In marketing screening we have to look at how the event should be to fit with the suitability of the target group. We can consider at the demographical information of the target group like social profile, age group, and more. Another screening is operation screening. We have to look at the external factors for our event, for example, technology, location, venue or manpower. We have to make sure that the operation will have enough resources to run the event. ...
In the theatre, awareness of the past is more important. Festival theatre are still in existence and some audiences admire. During the first two thousand years of its existence western theatre was markedly different from the professional and commercial theatre that we know today. The Greek, Roman, and Medieval theatre experiences had some similarities in common. For the most part, they were performed especially on occasions and not on everyday basis. They performance were considered offerings to gods. In addition, male performer simply musical accompaniment, large audience spaces, and formalized scenic backgrounds. Greek and Roman theatre used masks for all characters and medieval theatre used masks for devils and sometimes for allegorical
2. Brochure: We will print out the brochure and then distribute the brochure to the local residents as well as the university’s students.
Actors were expected to memorize hundreds of lines at a time. While one play could be performing, actors would be practicing lines for their next show. Play writers also began to make roles for the actors in the theatrical pieces. The theaters that actors performed in were roofless so that the sun could be used as lighting. Theatrical shows were held in the afternoon because it provided the best amount of light for the show. When the people gathered into the theater, the different classes of people were separated by where they could afford to sit and watch the show. The lower classmen were situated on the bare earth where it was dirty and smelly because it was never cleaned. The owners’ of the theaters found it less expensive if they did not keep high maintenance of their establishments. Higher classmen sat under a roof and for a penny more, they could buy cushions for their seats.
“The theatre was created to tell people the truth about life and the social situation,” says Stella Adler. Theater is unique and intriguing because it blends literary and visual arts to tell a story. Before Theater 10, I viewed theater on the surface level: cheesy plot lines with dramatic scenarios for entertainment purposes. Throughout the course, I have learned what it means to appreciate theater, such as understanding Brechtian and Chinese theatre; however, I believe understanding theater’s ability to convey crucial historical and social messages, such as in the production of RENT, is more relevant and important for theater appreciation.
Whether you are training to become an event planner, or you are simply asked by your boss to plan your next corporate outing, it’s important to learn these vital factors to help you host a successful celebration.
We used the first flyer to spread the word about our presentation, and it focused on providing information on the location and purpose of our workshop. It included details such as the title of our workshop, the date and time, the location, and the names of the presenters. We took a simplistic approach to spare the audience’s eyes from too many distracting colors or pictures, but still managed to capture the audience’s
Event-in-organization schemata is a person's knowledge of social events within an organization. This relates to society related events, conferences and seminars, specifics like anniversary parties and achievement parties for individuals and religious events.5
In Singapore, event management is a large sector and it is growing rapidly along with Singapore’s position as a global business city. Singapore is known to be a country with excellence meeting and convention spots and a preferred destination for Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, Exhibitions (MICE) and other events. As Singapore is strategically located at the crossroads of multiple air and sea routes, it is able to provide convenience for people travelling to Singapore, with many direct flights from other countries. Singapore has grows to become an international large-scale events destination over the years. With the government’s vision of expanding Singapore’s sports, arts and entertainment sectors, infrastructures were developed such as